Hamilton Glover Ewart

Personal

Birthday: 
10/23/1849
Birthplace: 
Columbia, SC
Date of Death: 
4/28/1918
Place of Death: 
Chicago, IL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Referee in bankruptcy, Western District of North Carolina, 1872-
Mayor, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 1878-1879
State representative, North Carolina, 1887-1889, 1895-1897, 1911-1913
U.S. representative from North Carolina, 1889-1891
Judge, Henderson County [North Carolina] Criminal Court, 1895-1896
Judge, North Carolina Superior Court, Twelfth Judicial District, 1897-1898
Private practice, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1916-1918

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, January 27, 1898; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, December 13, 1898; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, December 19, 1899; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 

University of South Carolina School of Law

Founded in 1867, the mission of the School of Law is to teach law through in-depth study; to contribute through faculty and student research to the common good, to the fund of legal knowledge, and to legal development and reform; and to cooperate with state government, the community, and the organized Bar in developing and implementing appropriate programs in legal research, law reform, criminal justice reform, and continuing legal education.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1876

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Court Name: 

North Carolina Western District Court

President Nominating: 
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Termination Date: 
03/03/1899
Termination Reason: 
Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Court Name - Second: 

North Carolina Western District Court

Termination Date - Second: 
6/7/1900
Termination Reason - Second: 
Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed